<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Sarah Palin Information Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Shane Vander Hart]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/author/shanevanderhart/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Pigs Do Fly: Alaskan Democrats Defend Palin (Update:&nbsp;Oops)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>By Shane Vander Hart, <a href="http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/" target="_blank">Caffeinated Thoughts</a></p>
<p>Pigs do fly.&#160; Alaska Democrats &amp; Obama supporters defend Palin on pipeline record that AP says was “flawed” when they were “fact checking” <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061939897?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=caffeithough-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0061939897" target="_blank"><em>Going Rogue: An American Life</em></a> (isn’t that opining anyway?&#160; Is the AP supposed to do that?).&#160; <a href="http://juneauempire.com/stories/102908/loc_349549309.shtml">A snippet from the Juneau Empire, that I thought was especially telling</a>:</p>
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<p>The AP story quoted only two legislators, Senate President Lyda Green, R-Wasilla, and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, both in the minority who voted against the TransCanada deal.</p>
<p>Juneau Rep. Beth Kerttula said AP reporter Burke talked with her, but <em><strong>didn’t include her defense of Palin</strong></em>.</p>
<p>&quot;I don’t believe Gov. Palin should become vice president, but I don’t think this story was fair and accurate,&quot; she said. <strong>*snip*</strong></p>
<p>The story said the oil companies were unhappy that Palin did not support their request for 45-year tax and royalty freezes but didn’t say that Palin and most legislators think that is not allowed under the Alaska Constitution. (emphasis mine, <a href="http://juneauempire.com/stories/102908/loc_349549309.shtml">be sure to read the whole thing</a>)</p>
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<p>Instead of calling themselves the Associated Press, I think <strong><em>Another Prevarication</em></strong> would be better suited.&#160; AP can now be filed under news you can not trust.&#160; Putting another nail in mainstream journalism’s coffin.</p>
<p>From an <a href="http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/?p=4399" target="_blank">updated post at Caffeinated Thoughts</a>.</p>
<p><em>Shane Vander Hart is the editor of </em><a href="http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/" target="_blank"><em>Caffeinated Thoughts</em></a><em>.&#160; Be sure to </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/shanevanderhart" target="_blank"><em>follow him on Twitter</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/shanevanderhart" target="_blank"><em>friend him on Facebook</em></a><em>.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><strong>Update:</strong> I goofed, that story was from 2008.&#160; Sorry!&#160; Just a <em>little</em> detail.&#160; I’ll leave my mistake, with this correction, up.&#160; Unlike AP.</p>
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